so who was alexander miller? alexander miller was a farm boy from ohio who fell in love with railroads. sounds like a sensible thing to do. and he got a job as a brake man for his hometown railroad and in time he learns morse code and he becomes a calligrapher for the railroad. and he goes up the ladder, becoming a dispatcher in illinois. so he is a minor railroad official. he also decides that his future is not with the burlington and with some friends and partners, the organizers a bank at this time that a bank -- a bank, and at this time it is not hard to become a bank. he also is an inventor at heart and he comes up with an electric signaling system and will be the founder and president of the miller electric signal company. well, he goes out on the road. the bank can operate on its own. and when he does it is to spend time in new york city, and spending time with investors and trying to interest corporate executives in the big apple to buy his system. he does not have a lot of success. back home in illinois,